An introduction to mathematical models of coagulation-fragmentation processes: A discrete deterministic mean-field approach

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Wattis, Jonathan A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coagulation; Fragmentation; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

COAGULATION-FRAGMENTATION PROCESSES; SMOLUCHOWSKI'S EQUATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33749461960     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.07.024     Document Type: Review

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